Great retrospective! Around the 2010's I purged a good deal of my X books. The fatal attractions and executioners song were some of them. I realize with your help how much I enjoyed the Claremont x men. Oh the money I could have redirected.
6:51 dang, this is the best picture of Fabes you could find online? Fabes' dialogue and character development are the only -- only!! --- saving grace of 1990s X-Men and this is how you choose to remember him? #justiceforfabes
Good question. Particularly in the present as The X-Men - Post Hickman is emerging. The first comic book that I ever purchased with my own money was X-Factor #1 in 1986. Before X-Men #1 came out in 1991, I had collected every issue in the franchise, back to X-Men #1 of 1963. With Claremont's departure, I quit buying new issues.
The animated series were also a major draw in the nineties. I watched the first pretty religiously. It was an interesting experience for me seeing so many younger people become aware of a franchise I knew well. In recent years, I've started collecting Marvel Comics again. I quite appreciated the Krakoan era, and the current revision is turning out not all bad so far. Yet the remnants of Excalibur, Rachel Summers and the new Captain Britain are pretty wasted in the newest X-Force. If people really wanted to hear my thoughts on this topic, I could go on and on. I also subscribe to Marvel Unlimited, and I have started catching up on details in the Post Claremont books now, reading many of those old issues for the first time.
Now I know this channel will give us some deep dives; Rob Liefeld artwork that depicts feet! Great video. This was a nostalgia trip for me, as this was the era that I first got into the X-comics. I collected quite a few issues, and I don't think I saw the resolution of any storyline, with the exception of the 'Fatal Attractions' event, in X-Force.
The fact that Marvel deferred to overrated artists who hadn't earned anything yet, on plotting the books over actual veteran (I'd add "legendary") WRITERS is beyond ridiculous and explains a lot about why I gave up buying them.
I've been iffy on the X-Men post Claremont, with it feeling like it was either repeating plot elements or just being needlessly complex at times. I do adore Morrison's run as it felt like it was taking the more absurd elements to the extreme in the most enjoyable way possible.
The roots of the X-Men resulted in near cancelation. It needed to be left behind. It wasn't Liefield's art that made X-Men popular, it was speculators failing to understand scarcity. Nostalgia has become a cancer.
It's interesting to think of this time as so tumultuous, given the amount of fondness that I have for certain key parts you alluded to; the return of Magneto and Wolverine's status in the aftermath in particular. I'm glad the video stopped after that though, pretty sure some of the finer parts of the Onslaught arc are best left forgotten!
Hah, funny you mention Onslaught as that was another result of incredibly troubled times behind the scenes - Nicieza had left under a cloud shortly beforehand, and Mark Waid (who helped draft the initial ideas for Onslaught) quit almost as quickly as he joined leaving Lobdell to steer the ship by himself. And given how that lead to Operation: Zero Tolerance, probably wasn't a good thing... Thanks for watching!
Great retrospective! Around the 2010's I purged a good deal of my X books. The fatal attractions and executioners song were some of them. I realize with your help how much I enjoyed the Claremont x men. Oh the money I could have redirected.
Thanks for the retrospective. The late '80s-90s were my prime X-Men reading years.
6:51 dang, this is the best picture of Fabes you could find online? Fabes' dialogue and character development are the only -- only!! --- saving grace of 1990s X-Men and this is how you choose to remember him? #justiceforfabes
Good question. Particularly in the present as The X-Men - Post Hickman is emerging.
The first comic book that I ever purchased with my own money was X-Factor #1 in 1986. Before X-Men #1 came out in 1991, I had collected every issue in the franchise, back to X-Men #1 of 1963. With Claremont's departure, I quit buying new issues.
The animated series were also a major draw in the nineties. I watched the first pretty religiously. It was an interesting experience for me seeing so many younger people become aware of a franchise I knew well.
In recent years, I've started collecting Marvel Comics again. I quite appreciated the Krakoan era, and the current revision is turning out not all bad so far. Yet the remnants of Excalibur, Rachel Summers and the new Captain Britain are pretty wasted in the newest X-Force.
If people really wanted to hear my thoughts on this topic, I could go on and on.
I also subscribe to Marvel Unlimited, and I have started catching up on details in the Post Claremont books now, reading many of those old issues for the first time.
Now I know this channel will give us some deep dives; Rob Liefeld artwork that depicts feet!
Great video. This was a nostalgia trip for me, as this was the era that I first got into the X-comics. I collected quite a few issues, and I don't think I saw the resolution of any storyline, with the exception of the 'Fatal Attractions' event, in X-Force.
The fact that Marvel deferred to overrated artists who hadn't earned anything yet, on plotting the books over actual veteran (I'd add "legendary") WRITERS is beyond ridiculous and explains a lot about why I gave up buying them.
I've been iffy on the X-Men post Claremont, with it feeling like it was either repeating plot elements or just being needlessly complex at times. I do adore Morrison's run as it felt like it was taking the more absurd elements to the extreme in the most enjoyable way possible.
Really enjoyed this. Look forward to more 👍
The roots of the X-Men resulted in near cancelation. It needed to be left behind.
It wasn't Liefield's art that made X-Men popular, it was speculators failing to understand scarcity.
Nostalgia has become a cancer.
Loved these Roberto..you are becoming more confident and authoritative with each one you do. Looking forward to your next one!
Great video... thanks for this 😊
It's interesting to think of this time as so tumultuous, given the amount of fondness that I have for certain key parts you alluded to; the return of Magneto and Wolverine's status in the aftermath in particular.
I'm glad the video stopped after that though, pretty sure some of the finer parts of the Onslaught arc are best left forgotten!
Hah, funny you mention Onslaught as that was another result of incredibly troubled times behind the scenes - Nicieza had left under a cloud shortly beforehand, and Mark Waid (who helped draft the initial ideas for Onslaught) quit almost as quickly as he joined leaving Lobdell to steer the ship by himself.
And given how that lead to Operation: Zero Tolerance, probably wasn't a good thing...
Thanks for watching!
I loved this era, it's what I grew up with
Brilliant video, recommend to all!
X-Men sucked after Claremont left.
None of the xmen should've been a part of excalibur. they drug the title down from the start....